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    1. [GREATWAR] 11th Yorkshire Regiment. East or West
    2. George Carter
    3. I`m hoping in the near future to be able to visit the P.R.O. To view the war diary of the 11th Yorkshire Regiment in WW1 in which my grandfather served and was wounded, probably at one of the battles of the Somme. My first problem is that the P.R.O. has 2 diaries, one for the 11th battalion East Yorkshire and one for the 11th battalion West Yorkshire. The enlistment information I have says he was posted to the 11th by 19th Aug 1915. On the medal card I have for his regiment it just says, Yorkshire Light Infantry. He (Christopher George Carter) lived in Gateshead and he enlisted in Gateshead in Durham, so it`s not easy to link to either East or West Yorkshire. Can anyone help work out which diary I need to read? I`m not expecting finding his name mentioned I believe this is rare, but would hate to get it all wrong. He was according to his record, sent home wounded in September 1916. I found this in the Green Howards Newsletter and got the attestment details from the Green Howards. 23159 Carter C G B in the age column? , date of attestment 7 8/15 , attested Gateshead , Posted to 11th By 19.8.15 Found in The Green Howards Gazette September 1916, included in the roll of honour. Wounded 23159 C.G.Carter Would anyone know what the B in the age column could stand for? Thanks for any help with this. George Carter in Whaley Bridge No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.4/790 - Release Date: 05/05/2007 10:34

    05/08/2007 07:45:49